Fabio Sergio is Vice President of Creative at frog, the global design and innovation firm.

He works across a wide spectrum of sectors, with industry leaders such as Vodafone, GE, HP, LGE, BBC, Johnson & Johnson, Swisscom, Novartis and Merck.

Fabio is the global head of frog's Social Impact practice, one of the firm's healthcare experts and one of its User Experience Strategy leads.
He is passionate about exploring areas at the intersection of design, technology and human aspirations, wrapping business scenarios around people's desires and dreams.

Fabio often speaks at worldwide events, including The Economist Technology Frontiers, The Guardian Mobile Summit, The Aspen Design Summit, The Rutberg Summit, GSMA mHealth Summit Cape Town, Stanford Mobile Health, NEXT Berlin, LIFT Geneva.
He is a Professor at Politecnico di Milano, and a guest lecturer at Domus Academy, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design and SUPSI's Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design.

Prior to joining frog Fabio was an Associate Professor of Interaction Design at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. Previously he was a Sr. Manager at 3 Italy, a User Experience Director at XYZ Reply, a User Experience Lead at Razorfish, and an Interaction Designer in the Global Consumer Design Center of Whirlpool Europe.

Fabio is formally trained as an architect and industrial designer.
He lives In Italy with his wife Valeria and their sons Andrea and Davide.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Over 15 years of design and innovation leadership across diverse industry sectors, in corporations and consultancies.

Co-founded the Italian frog studio, which has grown from 7 to 50+ employees.

Managed cross-disciplinary teams of 25+ creative professionals.

Played a leadership role - from pre-sales to execution - on key accounts across Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

Global lead of frogImpact - frog's Social Impact practice - heading collaborations with organizations such as the World Economic Forum and Unicef's Innovation Unit.

Over 10 years of international writing and speaking experience on Design Strategy, User Experience and Innovation.

15 years of experience as a graduate and postgraduate educator.

EXPERTISE:

Passionate business advocate of design as a driver of meaningful human experiences that generate new market opportunities and challenge the boundaries of what is possible.

Strategic system thinker capable of modeling ambiguous customer, technical and business insights into frameworks and narratives that make complexity intelligible to diverse stakeholders and drive alignment of intent.

Visionary and inspiring communicator, capable of articulating a vision and its business rationale to drive team and executive buy-in. Excellent verbal and written skills, comfortable with large C-level audiences.